Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#930 (Jerry's Beaver Hat)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | D Major |
about these two bars
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Kn (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Jerry's Beaver Hat / Jerry Beaver's Hat / Béabhar Ghearóid / The Returned Yank / Cooley's Jig / When Sick, Is it Tea You Want? (compare Tommy Peoples' #1943)
Discography
Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 13#1 | [IFM] various. Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. |
| ~1947 | 4#3 | [ICTM] various. Ireland. Irlande. |
| ~1958 | 7#1 | [KCB 1] The Kilfenora Ceili Band. The Fabulous Kilfenora Ceili Band. P.J. Lynch (fiddle), Gus Tierney (fiddle), Jim McCormack (flute), Gerry Lynch (accordion), P. Mullins, T. Eustace, P. Madigan, Kitty Linnane (piano), G. O'Loughlin (drums). |
| 1985 | 4#2 | [Kn] Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon. In Knocknagree. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony MacMahon (accordion). |
| 1993 | 1.5#2 | [SDI 2] various. Set Dances of Ireland. Volume II. Denis McMahon (fiddle), Paudy Scully (flute), Timmy O'Connor (melodeon), Michael Tubridy (flute), Tommy McCarthy (concertina), Eamon McGivney (fiddle). |
| ~1993 | 4#1 | [JCnly] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (accordion). |
| 2000 | 15#1 | [ACB 1] The Abbey Céilí Band. Bruach an tSuláin. Ger Murphy (accordion), Andrew O'Connell (fiddle), Liam Forde (banjo), Micheál Creedon (bass, keyboards). |
| ~2002 | 2#1 | [Fns] Feenish. Rabharta. P.J. Hernon (accordion), Marcus Hernon (flute, whistle), Don Stiffe (vocals, guitar, whistle). |
| ~2002 | 14#1 | [BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle). |
| ~2002 | 9#3 | [BRny 2] Brian Rooney. Leitrim to London. Brian Rooney (fiddle, accordion). |
| ~2004 | 20#2 | [MRaf] Mike Rafferty. Speed 78. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As tune #754 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #40 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| On page 21 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As jig #71 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #195 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As jig #251 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
| In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic]. |
| As tune #164 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903